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the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities you can get ahead. >> reporter: president obama is calling for a higher minimum wage expanding early education and spending more to fix the road's infrastructure this without adding to the nation's debt. >> it's not a bigger government we need but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in wide growth. >> reporter: president obama says his main priority is growing the economy. in the audience apple ceo kim cook. the president called on congress to revent billions of the dollars in cuts scheduled to take place on march 1st. with jobs, services and the nation on the line, residents turn out to protest. >> it hurt -- hurts me deeply when they have to play politics with the nation's lives. >>> the president announced 34,000 troops will withdraw from afghanistan by this time next year. that puts the u.s. on track to end the war by the end of 2014. reporting live in washington, jaqueline fell, ktvu news. >>> the republicans chose marco rubio. he is considered the new face of the party with latino backgrounds and humbl
the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities you can get ahead. >> reporter: president obama is calling for a higher minimum wage expanding early education and spending more to fix the road's infrastructure this without adding to the nation's debt. >> it's not a bigger government we need but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in wide growth. >> reporter: president obama says his main priority is growing the economy. in the audience apple ceo...
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. >>> president obama plans to meet with leaders to discuss the spending cuts friday. the white house press secretary said it will be a chance to discuss how to keep the cuts from damaging the economy. it will be a chance about how to cut spending without raising taxes. stocks rose today on evidence housing is recovering. the dow is up 175 to 14,075. the nasdaq is up 32 at 3,162. the s&p is up 19 to 1,515. >>> today pg&e announced it is partnering with san francisco on a $1.2 billion program to upgrade the gas and electric infrastructure. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live in san francisco with details and also the controversy. tom? >> reporter: yeah. it will cost a lot of this. in fact this program is centered in san francisco, and next year every pg&e customer will pay more if the plan is amoved. >> reporter: the $1.2 billion plan was shaped by pg&e and the mayor's staff to maximize the needs for reliability, safety, growth and emergency response. adding new and relocating some existing power lines. upgrading major substations, replacing street lamps and many m
. >>> president obama plans to meet with leaders to discuss the spending cuts friday. the white house press secretary said it will be a chance to discuss how to keep the cuts from damaging the economy. it will be a chance about how to cut spending without raising taxes. stocks rose today on evidence housing is recovering. the dow is up 175 to 14,075. the nasdaq is up 32 at 3,162. the s&p is up 19 to 1,515. >>> today pg&e announced it is partnering with san francisco on...
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>> reporter: president barack obama's trip starts in minnesota and he will meet with city police and other law enforcement officials before giving a speech on his gun safety proposals. officials have been studying ways to reduce gun violence for years and it's his first stop to win support for his proposals and he wants to limit views on the side of those on capitol hill. >> president barack obama has not done a good job with his relationship with congress. he is putting external pressure on them. >> he. >> reporter: he is not the only one putting pressure on them. kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> east palo alto has a group called protect our children bay area, so far they have raised 30,000 dollars for that gun by back event -- buy back event. this will be held in east palo alto city hall. >>> a woman found in istanbul suffered a fatal blow to the head. she was traveling alone and was reported missing on january 21st, the day she was supposed to fly home. more than a dozen people have been questioned in the case but most were released. >>> a japanese diplomat will be se
>> reporter: president barack obama's trip starts in minnesota and he will meet with city police and other law enforcement officials before giving a speech on his gun safety proposals. officials have been studying ways to reduce gun violence for years and it's his first stop to win support for his proposals and he wants to limit views on the side of those on capitol hill. >> president barack obama has not done a good job with his relationship with congress. he is putting external...
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. >>> president obama will meet with israeli and palestinian leaders on wednesday. mr. obama will stay at the king david hotel in jerusalem. they have been busy there and he is visiting pore the jewish holidays of passover when they are forbidden from eating leavened bread. >> it will be open. and we have special menus. ware looking forward. >> president obama is expected to visit bethlehem. >> security and secret service have been inspecting the area around the church of the nativity and holy land. on friday, the president will visit jordan. >>> it is a battle between chicago and honolulu. they are competing for the presidential library of president obama. they are stepping up campaigns to build the center which will house important records of his two terms in office. >> colleges and community groups are drafting propose ales. chicago and hawaii have visited other presidential libraries. >> honolulu has picked out a site. >> $75 million plot overlooking the ocean. president obama will decide the city and location. >>> irs said it has millions of refunds that it would l
. >>> president obama will meet with israeli and palestinian leaders on wednesday. mr. obama will stay at the king david hotel in jerusalem. they have been busy there and he is visiting pore the jewish holidays of passover when they are forbidden from eating leavened bread. >> it will be open. and we have special menus. ware looking forward. >> president obama is expected to visit bethlehem. >> security and secret service have been inspecting the area around the...
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president obama is meeting with police first and will then give a speech on his gun safety proposals. they include requiring universal background checks, banning assault weapons and limiting the number of rounds a magazine can hold. but some republicans believe the president should promote his plan here in washington. >> president obama has not done a very good job building relations with congressing. he needs to do before he puts exterral pressure on him. >> reporter: and then a bipartisan from the house of representatives tomorrow will be pushing for gun trafficking laws. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> and as the gun control debate heats up, the president was asked recently if he had ever shot a gun and president obama said he went skeet shooting all of the time. some people were skeptical though and asked for proof. so over the weekend, the white house released this photo of president obama skeet shooting at camp david back in august. >>> 8:14. about an hour ago, the new secretary of state john kerry made his first address to state department employees. he to
president obama is meeting with police first and will then give a speech on his gun safety proposals. they include requiring universal background checks, banning assault weapons and limiting the number of rounds a magazine can hold. but some republicans believe the president should promote his plan here in washington. >> president obama has not done a very good job building relations with congressing. he needs to do before he puts exterral pressure on him. >> reporter: and then a...
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we want to show you video of his meeting yesterday. it is scheduled to last just before 8:30 tonight. president obama's trip to the middle east included stops in israel and jordan. >> the president took time to record a message about gun violence. >> today there's still genuine disagreement about what steps we should take to reduce the epidemic of gun violence, but you, the american people, have spoken. >> mr. obama says lawmakers are currently working on gun control legislation the wake of the new town school shooting. bills include reinstating and strengthening a ban on the sale of military-style assault weapons and legislation making it harder for ex cons and people with severe mental illnesses from obtaining guns. >>> two teens have been arrested in connection with a horrific shooting of baby in georgia. police say two young robbers approached sherry west on thursday as she was walking her one-year-old boy in a stroller. the robbers demanded money. she said she didn't have any, then she says they started shooting, grazing her ear a
we want to show you video of his meeting yesterday. it is scheduled to last just before 8:30 tonight. president obama's trip to the middle east included stops in israel and jordan. >> the president took time to record a message about gun violence. >> today there's still genuine disagreement about what steps we should take to reduce the epidemic of gun violence, but you, the american people, have spoken. >> mr. obama says lawmakers are currently working on gun control...
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right now, president obama is hosting meetings at the white house on immigration reform. the president is hearing from immigration supporters, labor leaders and the ceos of major companies. and the police in pittsburg have a suspect in custody now after last night's hit-and-run crash that injured a mother and two children. alex savidge is on the scene and has new information about the victims and the suspects. >> reporter: the hit-and-run driver killed his car near the -- ditched his car near the crash scene. officers spotted him walking another and took him into custody. a police lieutenant here at the pittsburg police department told me a short time ago, there were several good witnesses who actually helped out here during this investigation. i want to show you the booking photo of 24-year-old noe delgado who was taken into custody just 45 minutes after this crash last night. police say he's the registered owner of the car that was involved in the accident. police believe delgado slammed into a woman and two children who were in a crosswalk on crestview drive and drove
right now, president obama is hosting meetings at the white house on immigration reform. the president is hearing from immigration supporters, labor leaders and the ceos of major companies. and the police in pittsburg have a suspect in custody now after last night's hit-and-run crash that injured a mother and two children. alex savidge is on the scene and has new information about the victims and the suspects. >> reporter: the hit-and-run driver killed his car near the -- ditched his car...
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meeting. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kyla. >>> 8:15. the next nomination president obama is expected to make is white house receive of staff lack lieu to replace geithner. in if he's confirmed lieu's first priority would be to work with congress to raise the debt ceiling and the president would need to find a new chief of staff. >>> a federal court has approved additional severence pay for dozens of former military servers who are gay and lesbians who were discharged under the don't ask, don't tell law. this covers 180 veterans who received only half their separation pay. don't ask/don't tell was repealed last fall. >>> it will be late march before the u.s. supreme court hears arguments on two same-sex marriage cases. arguments on proposition 8 which bans gay marriage, will be heard on march 26th. the court will hear the challenge to the federal defense of marriage act the next day. doma makes it so salt lake city marriages are not recognized -- so same-sex marriages are
meeting. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kyla. >>> 8:15. the next nomination president obama is expected to make is white house receive of staff lack lieu to replace geithner. in if he's confirmed lieu's first priority would be to work with congress to raise the debt ceiling and the president would need to find a new chief of staff. >>> a federal court has approved additional severence pay for dozens of former military servers who are gay and lesbians...
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>> reporter: president obama is counting on newtown victims' families to do something he can't. win over wavering lawmakers on new gun control legislation. a dozen families from newtown are meeting face to face with members of congress today and tomorrow. they are on capitol hill as two plans are being highlighted. this afternoon, a group of bipartisan senators will call on congress to include a mental health bill with gun legislation. also today, senate democrats are meeting to discuss a plan being drawn up by west virginia democratic joe mansion and pat toomey. aides say their plan to span pack ground checks to include gun -- background checks to include gun sales and online gun sales. a dozen republicans plan to block this. >> this is not about politics. this is about doing the right thing for the families here who have been torn apart by this! >> reporter: they say blocking a vote on such an important issue would be wrong. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:17. business is booming on amtrak. amtrak says their ridership has climbed steadily over the
>> reporter: president obama is counting on newtown victims' families to do something he can't. win over wavering lawmakers on new gun control legislation. a dozen families from newtown are meeting face to face with members of congress today and tomorrow. they are on capitol hill as two plans are being highlighted. this afternoon, a group of bipartisan senators will call on congress to include a mental health bill with gun legislation. also today, senate democrats are meeting to discuss a...
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. >> president obama will visit the jersey shore on tuesday for a firsthand look at the progress that has been made. he is also expected to meet with business and homeowners who were helped during the recovery efforts. >>> the new york acquarium is set to partially reopen today. it's the first time visitors are being welcomed back since superstorm sandy flooded tanks and caused power failures. acquarium officials say exhibits featuring wall russs, harbor seals and sea lions will be open but the back half of the acquarium is closed for repairs until 2016. >>> new this morning, authorities in the u.k. are questioning the friend of a suspect in the killing of a british soldier. the friend was arrested last night following an interview with the b.b.c. in the interview, he says suspect michael ada bulado had changed after visiting kenya. he claimed he was physically and sexually abused during that visit. two men are accused of killing 25-year-old lee rigby. both suspects remain in the hospital after being shot by police. >>> the swedish capital of stockholm was hit by violent riots for the
. >> president obama will visit the jersey shore on tuesday for a firsthand look at the progress that has been made. he is also expected to meet with business and homeowners who were helped during the recovery efforts. >>> the new york acquarium is set to partially reopen today. it's the first time visitors are being welcomed back since superstorm sandy flooded tanks and caused power failures. acquarium officials say exhibits featuring wall russs, harbor seals and sea lions will...
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last week he accompanied president obama to egypt. this is kerry's first trip to iraq after becoming secretary of state. >>> pope francis celebrated his first palm sunday mass in st. peters square. he road in a modified pope mobile. there was no class casing protecting him. 250,000 people gathered for the mass. the pope urged them to be humble and young at heart. he kept his spontaneous style and broke away several time from his prepared text he urged folks to lead simple yet productive lives. clergy and pilgrims palm and a live branches during that. >> today is the first sunday of spring. just a beautiful day out there. let's turn to rosemagoing to se a near repeat. even slightly warmer for some of our inland locations. tonight a little bit of a transition. first things first outside our door this morning it's a cool one once again giving you a live look there over the east bay hills where we have the sun on the rise. the official sunrise right about now will set 7:25. so plenty of sunshine in store for you today. high clouds will co
last week he accompanied president obama to egypt. this is kerry's first trip to iraq after becoming secretary of state. >>> pope francis celebrated his first palm sunday mass in st. peters square. he road in a modified pope mobile. there was no class casing protecting him. 250,000 people gathered for the mass. the pope urged them to be humble and young at heart. he kept his spontaneous style and broke away several time from his prepared text he urged folks to lead simple yet...
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it to create this kind of an activity. >> well, overton recently met president obama. hill will get his chance to meet the commander in chief on monday. >>> this morning, northeastern leader kim jong-un is facing worldwide condemnation for killing his uncle. more deaths could follow as jong un continues to try to consolidate power. his uncle was executed amid accusations that he was planning a government takeover. political observers say his death could be a sign that kim jong-un's transition has not been as smooth as previously believed. >>> we're also learning about an airport technician accused of plotting a suicide attack at wichita's midcontinent airport. the fbi says terry loehen was arrested yesterday after trying to drive a car full of explosives onto the tarmac. the fbi says the must be as we never in danger. they say he left a letter for his family, saying he wished to be a martyr for islam and was affiliated with a branch of al- qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> when he went to midcontinent airport to detonate the bomb, he was taken into custody when he att
it to create this kind of an activity. >> well, overton recently met president obama. hill will get his chance to meet the commander in chief on monday. >>> this morning, northeastern leader kim jong-un is facing worldwide condemnation for killing his uncle. more deaths could follow as jong un continues to try to consolidate power. his uncle was executed amid accusations that he was planning a government takeover. political observers say his death could be a sign that kim...